Can You Do It All? BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker (Part 6)

SM: When you were going through the financially stressful period, what happened with your family? One of your children would have been entering the teenage years at that point. TT: I have the best kids in the whole world. My son goes to UCLA and works at the company during the summer. I was single

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Russ Fradin, The Bay Area (Part 1)

By guest author Irina Patterson This is the twenty-third interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Russ Fradin, a serial entrepreneur, who is currently the cofounder and president of Adify and angel investor in the Bay Area.

Thought Leaders In Sales 2.0: Dave Fitzgerald, EVP Of Sales And Marketing, Brainshark (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada SM: Got it. Let me ask you again the question I was asking. In getting to the lower dollar number, $462, which obviously has other efficiencies buried in it, it’s a function of cost, time, quality, and so on. What role have these technologies played in it?

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: James Dunlap, President Of Cycle30 (Part 1)

This is an interesting story that we are featuring as part of TLCC from telecom vertical. Read on for more insights on how the ‘order-to-cash’ work-flow for a mid-size telecom operator changed as they adopted cloud and gave them the flexibility they needed. James Dunlap shares his insights in this very interesting interview with Sramana.

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For E-Commerce Entrepreneurs On September 23

Especially for entrepreneurs interested in e-commerce, we will be co-hosting the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable with Volusion on Thursday, September 23, 2010, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST.  We hope you will join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

Can You Do It All? BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker (Part 5)

SM: What happened in 2004 when your competitor started out and you were running out of cash? TT: I wanted to quit a thousand times. I would wake up at 1 a.m. just worrying about the money and payroll. We cut people but still had a $50,000 payroll. I would call my friends from SunGard

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Geoff Ralston, Silicon Valley (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Geoff: Sometimes I’ll say to entrepreneurs, “You have a decent idea but your pitch sucks. You’ve got to learn how to take your idea and sell it. If you’re going to go through PowerPoints about X, Y, and Z, this isn’t why I invest. This isn’t how

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Roundtable Recap: September 16 – 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

At today’s roundtable, I started with a presentation on Blue Sky opportunities in Cloud Computing based on our Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing (TLCC) research. I took the audience through five cloud-based business ideas, and discussed why they are relevant, and pointed them to the sources I derived those ideas from. For you, readers, here

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